Full Name | Jagjit Singh |
Nickname | Ghazal King |
Profession(s) | Composer, Ghazal Singer, Music Director |
Real Name | Jagmohan Singh Dhiman |
DOB (Date of Birth) | 8 February 1941 |
Birth Zone | Sri Ganganagar, Bikaner State, Rajputana Agency, India (Now Rajasthan, India) |
Date of Death | 10 October 2011 |
Place of Death | Lilavati Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
Age (at the time of death) | 70 Years |
Death Cause | Brain Haemorrhage |
Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
Nationality | Indian |
Hometown | Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan |
Religion | Sikhism |
Hobbies | Doing Yoga, Walking, Listening to Classical Music |
Height (approx.) |
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Weight (approx.) |
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Eye Color | Dark Brown |
Hair Color | Salt & Pepper |
Father | Sardar Amar Singh Dhiman (a surveyor with government's public works department) |
Mother | Sardarni Bachchan Kaur (a housewife) |
Brother | Unknown |
Sister | Unknown |
Marital Status | Married |
Spouse/Husband | Chitra Singh |
Marriage Date | December 1969 |
Son | Vivek (died in 1990) |
Daughter | Monica (step-daughter; committed suicide) |
School | Khalsa High School, Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan |
College/University |
Government College, Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan DAV College, Jalandhar Kurukshetra University, Haryana |
Educational Qualification(s) |
A Degree in Arts from DAV College, Jalandhar A Post Graduate Degree in History from Kurukshetra University (but never finished it, even after attending classes for almost two years) |
Favorite Singer(s) | Lata Mangeshkar, Talat Mehmood, Abdul Karim Khan, Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Amir Khan, Mohd. Rafi |
Favorite Poet(s) | Sahir Ludhianvi, Mirza Ghalib, Shiv Kumar Batalvi |